Other jokes were less blatantly sexist, but still played in on deeply rooted stereotypes that women will never understand video games. For example, “Maybe you don’t love games like I do, but there’s really something for everyone … You love movies, and I love football. Well, with the Xbox One, we can love both … We can talk on Skype with your favorite sister whom, of course, I love dearly.”

Microsoft has since apologized and nixed the knitting line. “The letter is fully customizable and we meant no offense, but understand how the defaults could be perceived,” a company spokesperson said. “We’re making changes to the letter defaults and apologize for the oversight.”

Now bros begging their girlfriends for the device can tout their love of line dancing and thumb wars: